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Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, March 25, 2021

Longest word
wigwagging
10 letters
Top scorer
awakening
16 points
Starting letters
4 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.7
letters per word

Words by length

Spoiler-safe. Use it to see where the long ones hide.

4 letters
15
5 letters
4
6 letters
11
7 letters
9
8 letters
1
9 letters
2
10 letters
1

The hints grid

How many words of each length start with each letter — the classic Bee cheat sheet.

4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Σ
A
1
2
2
1
–
1
–
7
G
2
–
1
2
–
–
–
5
K
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
W
10
2
8
6
1
1
1
29
Σ
15
4
11
9
1
2
1
43

Two-letter pairs

The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.

A
an 1aw 6
G
ga 2ge 1gn 2
K
ki 1kn 1
W
wa 10we 7wi 12

All 43 answers

221 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
anew1
awake5
awaken6
★awakeningpangram16
awaking7
awing5
awning6
gawk1
gawking7
gewgaw6
gnaw1
gnawing7
kiwi1
knew1
wage1
wagging7
waging6
wake1
waken5
★wakeningpangram15
waking6
wane1
waning6
wanna5
weak1
weaken6
★weakeningpangram16
wean1
weaning7
week1
weenie6
wienie6
wigging7
wigwag6
wigwagging10
wiki1
wine1
wing1
winging7
wining6
wink1
winking7
winning7
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